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Familiarity breeds comfort. This is an evolutionary trick of the brain.
That which is unfamiliar must be either avoided, or dubiously approached, for the safety of the self and community.
The opposite, the Mere Exposure Effect, breeds the aforementioned comfort. Spend more time with something or someone, learn of its safety, eventually enjoy it.